Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/sanь
Proto-Slavic
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Balto-Slavic *śāˀnos, *śāˀnis. Cognate with Latvian sãns (“side”), Latgalian sõns (“side, flank”) Lithuanian šónas (“side, flank”).
Noun
edit*sanь f
Inflection
editDeclension of *sanь (i-stem)
singular | dual | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | *sanь | *sani | *sani |
genitive | *sani | *sanьju, *saňu* | *sanьjь, *sani* |
dative | *sani | *sanьma | *sanьmъ |
accusative | *sanь | *sani | *sani |
instrumental | *sanьjǫ, *saňǫ* | *sanьma | *sanьmi |
locative | *sani | *sanьju, *saňu* | *sanьxъ |
vocative | *sani | *sani | *sani |
* The second form occurs in languages that contract early across /j/ (e.g. Czech), while the first form occurs in languages that do not (e.g. Russian).
Derived terms
editFrom *sani (plural):
- East Slavic:
- South Slavic:
- Macedonian: санка (sanka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Slovene: sanī (tonal orthography)
- West Slavic:
Descendants
edit- East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic: сань (sanĭ)
- South Slavic:
- West Slavic:
Further reading
edit- Derksen, Rick (2008) “*sanь”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 443
- Menges, Karl Heinrich (1969) “On the Etymology of Slav. sani, Ural. *śona, Alt. čana “sledge””, in Orientalia Suecana[1], volume 18, pages 153–162
- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “са́ни”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress